Medicare and Social Security are bedrock promises we have made to our seniors but Republicans appear to be determined to end the Medicare guarantee for seniors and increase their health care costs. Last year, House Republicans voted to end the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Consumer Protections
Today, President Obama acted to protect consumers against some of the worst abuses in the financial marketplace by appointing Richard Cordray the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Senate Republican obstructionism has until now prevented the bureau from fulfilling … Continue reading
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Today, the United States Supreme Court announced it would consider legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act. As the White House blog writes, “earlier this year, the Obama Administration asked the Supreme Court to hear the case against the Affordable … Continue reading
House Democrats believe we should be spending time on jobs legislation–like the American Jobs Act to create 1.9 million jobs or the bipartisan China currency legislation to create more than 1 million jobs. Instead, House Republicans are pursuing their ideological … Continue reading
Yesterday, the Department of Transportation announced tough, new airline passenger protections–from the DOT blog, Fast Lane: Here are some of the common-sense ways we’re looking out for passengers under these new protections: If you are involuntarily bumped from an oversold … Continue reading
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This morning, Leader Pelosi met with Elizabeth Warren, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, along with freshmen, sophomore and junior Members of the Democratic Caucus: Tomorrow marks … Continue reading
It’s been 189 days since the GOP took control of the House and rather than working on legislation which will foster job creation and strengthen our economy, Republicans are taking American families another step backward and voting on a bill … Continue reading
Today, instead of voting on a bill to create jobs and strengthen our economy, House Republicans will bring to the House floor a bill that rolls back bipartisan energy efficiency standards signed into law under President George W. Bush and … Continue reading
Talk about out of touch with the American people. The GOP has been in charge for 185 days and still hasn’t passed a single jobs bill. So what do they have slated for first thing next week? A bill that … Continue reading
Last week, the House passed the FY 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill (H.R. 2112) by a vote of 217-203. Even as Republicans are willing to spend billions to continue the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and tax breaks for oil companies … Continue reading
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